Rubber shoe.



J. H.-ROEDDING.

RUBBER SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1911.

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JOHN HEYROCK ROEDDING, 0F BERLIN, ONTARIO, CANADA.

RUBBER SHOE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HEYROOK Ronn- DING, of the city of Berlin, inthe county of Waterloo, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubber Shoes, of whichthe following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rubber shoes and the object ofthe invention is to devise a reinforcement for the counter and heel ofthe rubber shoe that will effectually prevent the breaking from creasingor subsidence of the back of the counter immediately above the heel orheel sole which is commonly caused by the rubber shoe being worn onleather shoes of varied styles of heels and which do not fit theinterior of the counter or heel portion and at the same time form such areinforcement in one piece so that there will be no liability of partingbetween the heel portion of the reinforcement and the counter portion.

The invention comprises the novel features of construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly defined inthe appended claims.-

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichFigure l, is a general perspective view of a rubber shoe, the heelportion of which is broken away to exhibit my reinforcement. Fig. 2, isa longitudinal section through the heel portion of the shoe. Fig. 8, isa perspective View of the heel portion of the shoe looking from thebottom. Fig. 4, is a perspective detail of the reinforcement as it fitswithin the shoe. Fig. 5, is a detail of the blank forming thereinforcement.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is a rubber shoe of which A is the out side rubber portion in which myreinforcing piece is inserted.

2 is a heel portion.

It will be understood that the heel portion of an ordinary rubber shoeis liable to break and crease into the form shown by dotted lines inFig. 1. r

A is the lining of the shoe.

B is my reinforcement which is inserted between the outer portion A andthe lining A The reinforcement B comprises a counter portion B extendingup the back of the shoe and a heel portion B extending be- Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed July 13, 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Serial No. 638,390.

neath and between the lining and the heel portion of the rubber shoe.The counter portion B is preferably provided with wings B so that thecounter portion is bent up into the form shown in Fig. 4:, such wingportions extending to each side of the counter portion and formingV-shaped notches upon opposite sides of the portion B It will beunderstood that between the wing portions B the counter portion B andthe heel portion B is formed integral. It will thus be seen that whenthe reinforcement is inserted in the rubber shoe as shown in Figs. 1 and2 that there will be no liability of the counter portions separatingfrom the heel portion of the reinforcement as is liable when thereinforcemnt is made with the counter and heel portion separate.

What I claim as my invention is,

1. In a rubber shoe, the combination with the heel portion and counterportion, of a reinforcement extending between the heel portion andcounter portion and comprising a blank of suitable material formed withside V-shaped notches intermediate of its length having one sidearc-shaped and the other straight and forming with the rear portionlateral wings, the rear portion of the blank being designed to be turnedup for insertion bet-ween the counter and heel portion, and the backedge of each notch being designed when the rear portion is turned up toabut and aline with the outside curved portion of the notch at the edgeof the sole as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a shoe, a reinforcement for the heel portion comprising a blank ofsuitable material formed with side V-shaped notches intermediate of itslength, having one side arcshaped and the other straight and formingwith the rear portion lateral wings, the rear port-ion of the blankbeing designed to be turned up for insertion between the counter andheel portions and the back edge of each notch being designed when therear portion is turned up to abut and aline with the opposite curvedportion of the notch at the edge of the sole as and for the purposespecified.

JOHN HEYROOK ROEDDING.

Witnesses:

H. J. SIMs, MAMIE MARTIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

